Course Details

Course Information

Semester	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	T+P+L	Credit	Number of ECTS Credits	Last Updated Date
4	MBG210	SCIENCE AND ETHICS	2+0+0	2	4	17.05.2026

Course Details

Language of Instruction	English
Level of Course Unit	Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program	MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
Type of Program	Formal Education
Type of Course Unit	Compulsory
Course Delivery Method	Face To Face
Objectives of the Course	Recognizing the concept of ethics. Enhancing skills to apply ethical theories to issues arising in science. Motivating thinking on ethical problems in science.
Course Content	The course focuses on the introduction to the ethics of science and research, the rules and contents of the ethics of science and research, the aim and the importance of making ethical decisions regarding the scientific research and studying ethical issues concerning human-based research. In addition to that, ethics for the usage of stem cells, genetically modified organism, cloning, ethics for drug developing and the scientific publications will be covered throughout the course.
Course Methods and Techniques	Lectures, particular talks by prominent scientists, quizzes, articles will be included within the course content. Additionally, each student (as an individual or within groups ) is responsible from presenting an article in front of the class.
Prerequisites and co-requisities	None
Course Coordinator	None
Name of Lecturers	Asist Prof.Dr. Nurettin AYVALI nurettin.ayvali@agu.edu.tr
Assistants	None
Work Placement(s)	No

Recommended or Required Reading

Resources	Articles will be employed
Course Notes	Lectures and some of the notes (on papers) would be shared. Some of the highlights regarding course content was indicated within the 'content' section.
Documents	Canvas

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria

In-Term Studies	Quantity	Percentage
Yarıl yılSonu Sınavı/Dönem Projesinin Başarı Notuna Katkısı	1	% 20
Quiz/Küçük Sınav	8	% 30
Sunum/Seminer	1	% 20
Final examination	1	% 20
Diğer (Staj vb.)	1	% 10
Total	12	% 100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Yazılı Sınav	1	2	2
Grup Sunumu	1	2	2
Ders Dışı Sınav	6	3	18
Sunum için Hazırlık	1	10	10
Sunum	1	2	2
Kısa Sınav	5	1	5
Okuma	12	2	24
Kişisel Çalışma	13	2	26
Yüz Yüze Ders	1	2	2
Ders Dışı Ara Sınav	1	3	3
Derse Devam	14	2	28
Final Sınavı	1	3	3
Total Work Load			Number of ECTS Credits 4 125

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

No	Learning Outcomes
1	Define the basic concepts of ethics and understand historical relation between science and ethics
2	Explain the basic concepts of science.
3	Distinguish the effect of ethics on scientific research.
4	Relate the connection of ethical conduct of research for society.
5	Discuss ethical Issues in Scientific Publication and in the Laboratory.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics	Study Materials	Materials
1	Introduction for the basic concepts of Ethics
3	Historical relation between science and Ethics
5	Learning the effect of ethics on scientific research
6	The impact of ethical conduct of research for society
8	The understanding of ethical issues in science and scientific research
10	Ethical Issues in the Laboratory
11	Ethical Aspects of Livestock Genetic Engineering
13	Peer review of publications (BiorXiv) after the publications.

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant

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